We examine the poverty rates and the income configurations among Japan and the LIS countries. The LIS countries are … Germany, Italy, the UK, Denmark, the US, and Taiwan. We divide household including elderly into five types: living alone … decreasing recently in Japan. In Japan and Taiwan even in households cohabiting with children, the poverty rates and income …

equality in Australia, East and West Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The countries were selected … Germany underline that class equality policies do not ensure greater class equality for all social groups. Second, the UK and …